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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
The Effective Business Communication course that edX is offering is in association with the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB). This course includes the foundation of the activity that people depend on the most, i.e. communication and its importance within a functioning company. The program explains the right way to share any thoughts and ideas that employees may have, regarding business decisions or management, with one another and also with their superiors.
Effective Business Communication describes how communication is done in the correct manner can help in getting the work done faster, more efficiently and pave the way for success in an organisation and helps each and every candidate to improve their communication skills in order to make it more effective and crisp.
Whether it is communication through summaries, letters, or emails, this program inspects the deep-rooted challenges & gives layout solutions to conquer those obstacles. It explains ways that are suitable for verbal communication with an audience in different situations and describes methods of managing the intrapersonal and interpersonal communication systems.
The Highlights
- 3 to 5 hours of attention required per week
- Program term- 6 weeks
- Program is self-instructed on your time
- Course association with IIM Bangalore
- Free of cost education provided
- Virtual learning
- edX is the course provider
- Verified certificate from IIM Bangalore
- Financial assistance available
Programme Offerings
- Free of cost study
- E-discussions
- digital learning
- Audio-visual sessions
- Weekly Assignments
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 11159 | yes | IIM Bangalore |
Candidates can have a look at the below-mentioned details regarding the fee for the Effective Business Communication course:
The course learning under the audit pack is absolutely charged free.
If the candidates wish to get a certificate verified by IIM Bangalore, candidates have to upgrade to the verified pack and pay Rs.11,159 /- as a certification fee.
Candidates who cannot afford to pay the full amount for the course, have the option of taking financial assistance from edX, information for which is mentioned under the ‘Scholarship Details’ header.
Fee details for Effective Business Communication
Head | Amount |
Entire fees for the Effective Business Communication program | Rs.11,159 /- |
Eligibility Criteria
Education
Candidates must have some fundamental knowledge about the managerial practice and a primary apprehension of the English language.
Certification Qualifying Details
To qualify for the certification, candidates need to pay the fee for IIMBx certification and upgrade to the verified track, give all the six weekly assessments mentioned and score 50% or more in each one and complete any other assignments given to the candidates.
What you will learn
Participants will learn about communication and how it is done effectively in a professional environment, some of these learnings are as follows:
- This course teaches the candidates the techniques and hacks of communicating effectively and properly while at work.
- Candidates learn about the different ways of presenting and speaking to the targeted audience with conviction through the Effective Business Communication course.
- Another course learning for the candidates is the various mechanisms of interaction whether in group meetings/ conferences or during one to one communication.
- After the program completion candidates take away the important skills of writing formal documents and business emails, letters, and fax.
- Candidates get to know about the different challenges, growths, threats, and foundations in a business setting.
- Candidates learn how to become professionals and be effective while putting forth their presentations or views on a topic, professionally.
- Candidates will be able to identify meticulous details in messages and learn the role of non-verbal communication.
- Most important of all, candidates understand the importance of not just mere communication but effective communication and the power it holds in a business.
Who it is for
Following are the set of candidates, for whom the Effective Business Communication course is most suitable:
- This course can be done by anyone who wants to learn about the methods of communication that are the most effective in a professional setup.
- Candidates who are employees, managers, or even owners of a company and want to improve their communication skills for more success in their field can do this course.
- This is recommended for people having a basic knowledge of the English language and for those who know about the managerial practice.
Admission Details
To enrol in the Effective Business Communication program participants must adhere to the following guidelines:
Step 1: Press the enrol option to get started with the admission process, link for the web page is given below: https://www.edx.org/course/effective-business-communication
Step 2: Candidates must now make an account on the edX website and then only will they be able to proceed further.
Step 3: Now candidates can find the course again and click on enrol and they will be registered successfully for the audio track.
Step 4: Participants who want a certification after course completion, can click on the verified track option and pay the fees online.
Step 5: Fee payment has many flexible options available. Candidates can select any suitable option, enter their bank account details, and press on place order.
The Syllabus
- Pre-course survey
- Introduction to the course
- Navigation in edX
- Weekly wrap up
- Informative and persuasive communication
- Weekly assessment
- Overview and planner of the week
- Business correspondence
- Weekly wrap up
- Plan and prepare
- Weekly assessment
- Practice and perform
- Overview and planner of the week
- Making professional presentations
- Meta-communication
- Overview and planner of the week
- Effectiveness of communication
- Overview of communication
- Essential communication skills- listening and reading
- Weekly assessment
- Weekly wrap up
- Getting it to write the first time
- Weekly assessment
- Managerially appropriate business writing
- Overview and planner of the week
- Weekly wrap up
- Written business communication basics
- Glossophobia and lack of confidence
- Weekly wrap up
- Fundamentals of oral communication
- Overview and planner of the week
- Weekly assessment
- Behaviour and communication and personality
- Weekly assessment
- Introduction to interpersonal communication
- Weekly wrap up
- Behaviour and communication
- Overview and planner of the week
Instructors
IIM Bangalore Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Effective Business Communication provides two video transcripts to the candidates, Hindi and English.
This program comes under the category of introductory communication and the Effective Business Communication course is self-paced for the convenience of the candidates.
The financial assistance is only given to those candidates who fill an application and provide the required details about themselves to prove that they are not in a condition to pay the full fee amount.
This course is provided by edX in association with IIM Bangalore. So, the verified certification after completion will be provided by IIM Bangalore only.
This session is provided to those who are pursuing an edX course for the first time and want to know about the working of the website and its other whereabouts before beginning with the actual course.
The instructors for the program are Rakesh Godhwani, adjacent professor of communication, and N Bringi Dev, professor of practice and chairperson, centre for management communication.
The prerequisites for the course include having a fundamental level of English understanding and knowledge about practices of management.
Audit track refers to the course learning and completion which is available free of cost without the certification. The verified track is an upgrade where candidates pay for receiving the official certification for a course along with some giving the mentioned assessments.
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